Unit 72: C3 - Game World

As I've mentioned in my initial ideas post, I am going to base the game world of my first game (or Game Brief #1) in an arctic setting and so I have conducted research on Antarctica's climate, in hopes of gaining more insight before creating my game.



 

Antarctica (left) and Australia (right) on an Orthographic projection

  

 Antarctica is the continent at the southernmost region of Earth. It is known to be the coldest and driest of all continents with temperatures that drop below -89°C resulting in the majority of it being covered in ice (estimated at around 98%). Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent on the planet and has an area of or around 5,400,000 square miles (making it almost double the size of Australia which is known to be around 2,941,299).

Due to a few new ideas in my game, I've decided to add a lot of mountainous areas and plant life (pine trees) for an area I've decided to call the "White Forest". For some visual aide I researched what an arctic forest might look like and here's an that I found to perfectly depict what I have in mind.

The original concept of "White Forest".

A variation I've made with the snow on each tree being more prominent and the atmosphere seems much colder. Also note the mountains in the background, similar areas will be used for the final part of my game.

Here's another shot depicting how I want my forest to look. This image travels deeper within the "White Forest" and shows us what the tree tops might look like at dusk.

Another variation I made, I tried to make the dusk sky look a more vivid and breathtaking as well as add life to the tree tops.

Conducting more research on Arctic environments I discovered numerous creatures that I hadn't already known inhabited these lands, creatures such as:



The Rockhopper Penguin

The Leopard Seal

The Arctic Fox



The Orca Whale



The Polar Bear

The last two I have decided already would act as the more powerful enemies in my game.